When you play a concert F on an E flat soprano clarinet, what's the clarinet note and the fingering?

Answer 1

assuming you mean that you are playing an Eb soprano clarinet and that you want to play F major concert scale.

The Fmaj scale is F G A Bb C D E F (one flat)
to transpose to an Eb instrument, you'll play the D major scale which is D E F# G A B C# D

To determine what scale to start on when a concert pitch scale is called, start with the concert scale and find the 6th note of that scale. Play the major scale that starts on that note.

For example, if you want to play Bb major concert scale on an Eb instrument - the Bb major scale is Bb C D Eb F G A Bb and the 6th step of that scale is G so you'd play the G major scale of G A B C D E F# G

note: if you play the scale that is on the 6th step but you don't change the key signature - that's the relative minor scale of the major scale you're working with.

You must know all of your key signatures for this to work.

When I was a student, many players kept a chart like the one here http://www.geocities.com/sax411/theory/transposing.html to know which scale to play when a concert scale is called. In time, you'll memorize them all.

Shortcut: If you read bass cleff; you will notice that when I want F concert on an Eb instrument I play a D. If you look at the staff, F in bass clef is in the same staff position as D in treble clef. Many players who double use this method to transpose music from concert pitch to Eb and back again. In other words, you can play a part that is in concert pitch bass clef (trombone, tenor voice, etc...) by simply reading it as though it were treble clef and changing the key signature. ☺

Answer 2

OK, let's count it off together.

Plays C, sounds concert Eb
Plays D, sounds F

So you'd play a D, which is fingered:

lowest: T12
2nd octave: RT123123
high: RT23

OK?

Answer 3

Ask a band director, especially if you want to know how the rest of the notes are played.